Tight melon supplies around the corner
Supply shortages on cantaloupe and honeydew melons could be ahead. “We’re entering a period where yields will fall off significantly and go either to normal or below normal through October,” says Garrett Patricio of Westside Produce, adding that the company started to see a change about a week ago. He notes the planting of these melons also coincided with some of the heat waves seen
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